First of all thank you to all who responded to the Raspberry Pi CNC challenge. We received plenty of emails with amazing projects. Entries closed on the weekend and it was pretty hard to pick. Congratulations to the following people. Your boards will be on their way in the next few days… Charles Taylor … Read More →
UPDATE : Raspberry Pi CNC Challenge Update Hi everyone… I’m looking for help here. I am trying to improve the Raspberry Pi CNC board. I am willing to give away 10 pre-released Raspberry Pi CNC boards with the following new features:
Do it yourself CNC projects are popping up everywhere and we decided that we wanted to contribute to the growth. Here are a few of our design goals: Modular Design – We wanted to do more than just keep cost down. We wanted things to be reusable and up-gradable. (Arduino , Individual Stepper Motor Drivers and … Read More →
We are happy to announce the next generation of our CNC boards. By combining a real-time CNC system (good old GRBL) and offloading less timely processes to a more powerful processor + operating system we have created a much more flexible but capable solution. To show some of the possibilities we have created a Web … Read More →
Brain Dorey has a nice build log about the DIY Pick and place machine he built. Pick and place machines are robotic machines which are used to place surface-mount devices. They are used a lot in the electronics industry. Some are also used for stacking and packing manufactured goods. The video below is a Pick and Place at … Read More →
I recently found a nice build log about setting up a CNC Plasma Cutter. http://cncplasmabuild.com/buidpage18.html Plasma cutters uses a high-frequency, high-voltage spark to ionize the air through the torch head and initiate an arc that can cut thick plates of steel.
Charles Taylor sent us a nice update using one of our CNC shields combined with a Raspberry Pi and an Alamode. He created a step by step instructions and its available on Instructables. http://www.instructables.com/id/Raspberry-Pi-Alamode-CNC-Controller/?ALLSTEPS Related articles across the web Most Popular Raspberry Pi Case: Short Crust AlaMode Arduino Compatible shield for Raspberry Pi Five Best … Read More →
Sketchup is handy tool cad tool for creating 3D models. It can actually also be used to create work files for CNC routers. The following video explains how to create a drawing in Sketchup, convert it to a SVG file. Then with the help of an online tool called http://www.makercam.com/ generate the G-Code needed to run … Read More →
Most CNC machines have no inherent sense of their absolute position and where their cutting heads are positioned. Zeroing a CNC Machine is the process of making sure that your CNC is precisely setup for the material that it is going to cut(giving it absolute positioning). For a milling machine that includes making sure that X … Read More →
I have received really good feedback for my Arduino CNC Shield and a few days ago I received some nice feedback from Shane demonstrating the little shield in action. Shane has actually taken an old A3 printer and up-cycled it into a CNC machine.. Great work Shane!!! Related articles across the web Top Ten Arduino … Read More →
